RTN Breaking News Headlines

A WOMAN of Chinese origin aged 32 was arrested at 4.15am on Saturday
morning by the Guardia Civil on the CV-70 after she was tested positive
at five times the legal limit for blood/alcohol.
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A WOMAN yet to be identified has been shot and killed in Cadiz after a
violent domestic argument. Neighbours reported hearing raised voices
followed by a single gunshot in El Puerto de Santa Maria on Thursday
evening.
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US OPEN Champion Rafa Nadal suffered violent cramp in his right leg
while taking part in a press conference last night. The proceedings
were suspended for several minutes as Nadal squirmed in his chair and
eventually slid beneath the desk in agony.
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THE BODY of a woman was retrieved from a house fire on the third floor
of a building in Calle Luis in Callosa del Segura this week. It is
thought the woman may have smoking a cigarette moments before the fire
started.
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RTN News Column

06.09.2011

SOME TWO hundred Spanish nationals crowded the concourse at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday and Tuesday after hurricane ‘Irene’ caused chaos in one of the World’s busiest cities, causing a mass cancellation of departures. Spanish consul Fernando Villalonga,…
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01.09.2011

OWNERS OF historic windmills overlooking a Marina Alta town have been ordered to make repairs to prevent the landmarks collapsing. Javea Town Hall undertook a survey of all 11 of the 14th Century buildings after one was found to be crumbling away and in a “precarious position” after…
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01.09.2011

PROSTITUTION, SOLICITING, graffiti and the posting of leaflets in public areas are now all actions that can be sanctioned in the municipality of Pilar de la Horadada after a new by-law regarding citizen coexistence in public spaces was approved by all parties in a plenary session at the town hall last…
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01.09.2011

THE LIVERPOOL Band, a Beatles tribute group consisting of Crevillentinos Jose Manuel Lledo, Lledó and Jesus Ivan Martinez and Jorge Aniorte, a native of San Vicente del Raspeig, are home again after a successful tour including seven performances around the Beatles’ old stomping ground:…
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RTN Property

01.09.2011

THE COMPLETE Upholstery Company, established more than 30 years ago in
the UK, trading in Spain for the last seven years, specialises in
upholstering a single dining chair through to a complete reform for a
bar or boat by a team of specialist upholsterers with a wealth of
experience working for companies such as Ercol, Parker Knoll and the
Princess Boat Company.
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RTN Book Review

31.08.2011

THE THING about reading Dan Brown is that you come away replete with
little known snippets of information about his subject. From the Da
Vinci Code we got the lowdown on the machinations of the Vatican Mafia
and the Agnus Dei and with The Lost Symbol we take the plunge into
Freemasonry.
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RTN Gardening

31.08.2011

Having just checked the forward weather forecasts it seems that we are in for an Indian Summer- just a few degrees cooler and with slightly shorter days than August. So yet again the GotaFrias delayed until October and early November. A big change from twenty five years ago when absentee gardeners could bank on leaving Spain in the middle of September knowing that the ground was saturated, or about to be, and no problem with plants surviving without watering until half term or even Christmas.…
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RTN Motoring

01.09.2011

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS at all levels are increasing fines to cover the bills. A friend recently parked in our local pueblo (not blocking traffic) and was fined 200€, with the now 50% discount if paid within 30 days; all designed to speed up and increase cash flows. The fine last year was about €50. MEDICALS I have had a Spanish licence since 2001 when the law insisted all new residents changed to a Spanish license, though the EU Directive stated it was legal to…
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AS WE arrive in September a number of the special offers are now behind
us, but the Hound is still on the search for some good green fee deals
and is pleased to inform you that there are still some lingering
offers.
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AT LAST! Training started back this week at ITV Orihuela RFC on Tuesday 30th August in preparation for what is looking like a hard season, as we are hoping to be playing in the Murcia league with a total of 10 teams in it, so plenty of local rugby…
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THIS WEEK sees the end to some of the 2 x 1 summer offers, at Villaitana and Font Del Llop, however at Font Del Llop they are ‘spiking their greens’ from 6th September until 11th September and have a special price of 34€ each including…
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FOR MANY months I have promoted the idea of golf clubs giving discounts to those who made regular bookings with them. Whether they are a small group or a golf society a discount should be allowed for loyalty bearing in mind how much money will be spent…
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WELL AS I write this report it is raining outside and so perhaps we have seen the start of the change from summer to autumn temperatures here on the Costas. By the time you read this report the summer deals at Lo Romero, La Manga, Font del Llop and Las…
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IT IS amazing to think that the summer is already drawing to a close - but fear not, golfers, The Hound is on hand to tell you that there is still time for you to enjoy some cracking offers on some of the splendid courses the region has to offer. …
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SAN FULGENCIO started the season with their first friendly game against
Sporting Orihuela and what a fantastic game to watch, played before
approximately 150 supporters including the new Mayor of San Fulgencio,
Carlos Ramirez.
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RECENTLY I attended a meeting at one of our local golf clubs to discuss
the ways that prices of golf could be further reduced for residents. The
invitation to attend came as something of a surprise to say the very
least.
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I HAVE had lots of request about the courses further North on the Costa Blanca so we will be adding some more discounted green fees to our already excellent list. Golfers already travel an hour or more towards Benidorm and Alicante from Denia,…
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WELL YOU were warned…the hollow tining season has started with Vistabella and Lo Romero the first to start followed quickly by Las Colinas. However, September is the busy month for this work and finding a course that is not recovering from this…
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TO GET out on the golf course is always an absolute recharger for me and
I know lots of golfers feel this way, but an added bonus is to get out
early morning and play in this great weather that we have on tap on the
Costa Blanca.
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THE HOUND will give short odds on many people ever having heard of Keegan Bradley or Jason Dufner before this weekend, but both will now be household names in the world of golf after a thrilling finale to the USPGA Championship in Atlanta last weekend.…
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THE SAILING Association Mar Menor invites boat owners to compete in a race to raise money for the MABS Cancer Support Charity to be held on the Mar Menor on 25th September, 2011. The organising authority will be the Sailing Association Mar Menor.
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RTN Technology

01.09.2011

THIS WEEK the Inspector brings a touch of magic to a much used domestic gadget – meet the Kymera Wand Remote Control. Remote controls are a gadget the Inspector has looked at before (Issue…
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RTN Money

01.09.2011

UNTIL THIS year I found it difficult to understand why so many people returned to the UK for the summer. After this August I can fully understand their reasoning. I have found the heat,…
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RTN Mailbox

01.09.2011

THERE ARE 3 million illegal homes in Spain, 1.5 million on the Costa Blanca and another 1.5 million over the rest of Spain. All the EU MPs from Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Holland are…
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